GREAT DEPRESSION AND WORLD WAR II

Here are the standards that go with this Unit. Information can be found in Ch. 7-8 of the Social Studies book.


AS ALWAYS, www.internet4classrooms.com is a great resource.
***Don't forget to keep practicing your states!

http://www.pibmug.com/files/map_test.swf FUN!!!!!




Differentiate between needs and wants on a personal and national level.
http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/money/managing/article2.html
external image pdf.png Basic Economics.pdf


Differentiate between an economic boom and bust
external image pdf.png Basic Economics2.pdf


Recognize the concept of buying on credit
external image empty.png 1920 credit and consumer goods.ppt
external image pdf.png Credit and Consumer Goods.pdf



Interpret economic issues as expressed in maps, tables, diagrams, and charts (i.e., automobile sales, unemployment rates, or airplane production)
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ss5/b/ecosndli.cfm

Analyze graphs to discover cultural trends (i.e., clothing, music, or radio sales).


Analyze how environmental changes and crisis affected the economy across the nation in the 1930s (i.e., Dust Bowl, Black Tuesday, Great Depression, Hoovervilles)

http://xroads.virginia.edu/%7E1930s/front.html
This is a great video: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/dustbowl/
http://www.johnstownpa.com/Local/1930s/page_08-09.shtml
These are the Depression photos that we looked at in class and used for our writing assignment. http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in-color-from-1939-1943/
external image pdf.png Economy of the 1930's.pdf

Recognize how Americans used credit/installment plans to purchase consumer goods in the 1920s (i.e., vacuum cleaners, washing machines, radios, and other home appliances)

http://www.angelfire.com/co/pscst/
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Interpret a visual contrasting life before and after Word War II (i.e., education, family size, transportation, urbanization, and the role of women).

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Interpret a primary reading sample.

Use tools of social science inquiry such as surveys, statistics, maps, and documents.